The effect of 8 weeks of reactive neuromuscular training vs core stability training on the balance of male football players

Document Type : Original article

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1 Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.

2 Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

3 Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.

Abstract

Background and Aim: Football is the most popular sport around the world, with a high risk of injury. Optimal balance is one of the effective factors in injury prevention, so the aim of this study was to compare the effect of eight weeks of reactive neuromuscular training and core stability training on the balance of boy football players.

Materials and Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study that was performed in two phases of pre-test and post-test. Fifty-three boy football players entered the study as subjects and were randomly divided into three groups of reactive neuromuscular training (n = 18), core stability training (n = 17) and control (n = 18). Balance error scoring system and Y balance tests were used for all subjects, respectively, to check the static and dynamic balance. Training groups then performed an eight-week training program, but the control group did not perform any specific training during this period. After 8 weeks, the tests were repeated again. Statistical analysis was performed in SPSS software version 26. Covariance analysis test was used to evaluate the between-groups differences, and paired sample t-test was used to evaluate the within-group changes.

Results: Both training groups in the post-test had significantly better static and dynamic balance than the pre-test (P<0.05) but in the control group there was no significant difference between the two stages of the test (P<0.05). Also, in the comparison between groups, it was observed that in the post-test, reactive neuromuscular training group had better results than the other two groups and the core stability training group achieved better results than the control group in static and dynamic balance (P<0.05).

Conclusion: The results of this study show that reactive neuromuscular training has a greater effect on the balance of footballers than core stability training. According to the results obtained in this study, it is suggested that this type of training be used in training programs for footballers.

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 20 November 2022

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  • Receive Date: 07 June 2022
  • Revise Date: 09 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 10 September 2022
  • First Publish Date: 20 November 2022

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